ELT Calendar

Sunday, September 16th, 2001

JACET 40th Annual Convention (day 3 of 3)
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Various
Organization: Japan Association of College English Teachers
Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture
Short description: The theme of JACET's 40th Annual Convention is English Education in the 21st Century: New Challenges. .

Study Group meeting
Time: 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Contact IIEEC for speaker details.
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: IIEEC is a teacher training organization for teachers of young learners. IIEEC emerged in response to the requests by teachers for specific training in how to teach.

LATEM Annual Seminar
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Helene Uchida
Organization: NPO Teaching English Methods Institute
Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Short description: LATEM is an annual, nation-wide Intensive Seminar series run by Little America Schools, based in Fukuoka. The school was founded by Helene Jarmol Uchida, a veteran English teacher from New York.

The Kinokuniya / Oxford University Press Jido Eigo Forum
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ritsuko Nakata, Setsuko Toyama, Richard Graham, and William Jasprizza
Organization: Oxford University Press
Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Short description: The focus of this forum is on teaching children's classes. Ritsuko Nakata is the author of Let's Go (levels 1-6), and Setsuko Toyama is the author of English Time (levels 1-6).

Alphabet Starters Gets the Kids Going
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Derek Mackrell, Thomson Learning
Organization: Toyohashi Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Short description: Mackrell will show how Alphabet Starters, a communicative approach to presenting phonics to preschool learners, effectively excites and motivates kids' interest in English.

Halloween Workshop
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Contact IIEEC for speaker details.
Organization: Institute for the International English Education of Children
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis
Short description: The fun Halloween season is coming! Preparing a Halloween party for your students can be daunting, but you'll get some great ideas at this workshop. You'll learn some activities, songs, crafts and more for a Halloween event your students will enjoy.

Paraphrasing: What's New? What's Old? What Works?
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: William Teweles, Kwansei Gakuin University
Organization: Ibaraki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Short description: This talk will focus on ways to incorporate paraphrasing into a composition class. Paraphrasing is a well-structured way to help students with vocabulary development, sentence structure, and summary writing in general.

Teaching Young Children
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Kobayashi Rumiko, Matsuka Phonics Institute
Organization: Kanazawa Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Short description: Kobayashi Rumiko of the Matsuka Phonics Institute leads this meeting about teaching young children. Materials for teaching children will be displayed, so come for ideas and to browse through these innovative materials.

Money, Politics and Education: English in South Africa
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Stefaan Steyn
Organization: Fukui Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Short description: Economic development and social equity are major goals for South Africa. Improved education is central to achieving these goals.

Raising Japanese-English Bilingual Children in Japan.
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Joe Lauer, Adam Beck, Susan Meiki, Kato Kumiko, David M. Mosher
Organization: Hiroshima Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Short description: The moderator of this panel discussion is Joe Lauer. After a 20-minute presentation by the moderator entitled "Recent Research Results in Raising Japanese-English Bilingual Children," we will then have a panel discussion.

Japanese Language Proficiency Testing
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Chie Yamane
Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching
Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Short description: Language Testing International uses the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), a standardized procedure for the grobal assessment of functional speaking ability.